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Check for leaks in vacuum hoses, check for a cracked or gunked up Idle Air Control valve, and check you throttle positioning sensor.

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Q: What causes a car to stall at an idle?
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What causes your car to stall while turning?

If the car is starving for fuel or air (low power at idle), the car will stall while turning.


Does an EGR valve makes a car stall?

It can if it sticks open at idle.


What makes a car stop running after idle?

Your car may stall or stop running after idle because of a problem with its fuel or electrical system.


Low revs causes car to cut out?

You may need to adjust the throtle or idle of the car. In older cars this is as simple as tightening a cable. So when the car is just idling it will naturally rev higher and not stall.


Can you stall or is it just harder to stall a manual car while driving at speeds over 40?

It depends on the gearing of the car. If you are in the highest gear and 40mph in that gear is under the idle rpm of that car than you will stall.


What can cause the car to stall when running the ac?

An engine usually has a higher idle speed when the ac is running. If the high speed idle does not operate then the ac will cause the engine to stall.


What causes an automatic transmission not to idle?

If you mean each time you engage car in any gear forward or reverse & it immediately stalls - you have a bad torque converter. Start engine, put foot on brake, put car in NEUTRAL, if it DOES NOT stall, but it does stall if you repeat this test when you put car in drive or reverse = bad torque converter - It's called a "stall test"


What causes a car to idle good and run rough when you give it gas?

What causes a car to idle good and run rough when you give it gas?


What causes 2.9 engine to hunt idle and stall?

possible bad TPS, IAC, or ECT sensors


What causes a 97 Ford Taurus to stall?

A very low idle can cause a 97 Ford Taurus to stall. Another reason for stalling may be transmission bands sticking, which does not allow the transmission to come out of gear on idle.


Why car stall with ac on a 92 mercury topaz?

Idle could possibly be too low.


Would a IAC sensor make a car stall while driving?

When driving the IAC does not do anything because the car is not at an idle